Tag: Concepts &Amp; Prototypes - Page 9
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IBM Tailors Smarter City Tools to Budget-Crunched Cities
IBM has invested an incredible amount of energy in Smarter Planet, a branch of the company that dreams big about what is possible when we create and implement the best technology to both meet our human needs
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9 Top Green Tech Stories You Don't Want to Miss: Robots, Solar Power on the Moon, EVs Setting Records & More
Last week was filled with great green technology news -- from robots that can climb trees like inchworms or scale glass like geckos, to an electric car that traveled over 779 miles in just 24 hours, to an engineer convinced
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Could a Tugboat Pulling an Iceberg Solve the World's Water Problems? French Engineer Says "Yes!" (Video)
In perhaps one of the most unusual ideas for bringing fresh water to people in parched areas, French engineer Georges Mougin is convinced that pulling icebergs from Greenland across the oceans to drought-stricken areas is a
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Japanese Company Eyes Building 6,800 Mile Solar Array On Moon, Constructed By Robots
It's baaaaaaack. After the quake in Japan, everyone has their eyes on how renewable energy that is far safer than nuclear and coal might be scaled up to power our cities. And that includes going back to some rather
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Designers Repurpose Toyota Prius Technology In "Ideas for Good" Competition (Video)
Earlier in the month, we pointed out the innovative ideas coming out of the Toyota Ideas for Good competition, including hacking a Prius into an energy-generating roller coaster car. Well, the winners for the competition have
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Amphibious Aquapod Uses Tumbling Action to Travel, Monitor Waterways (Video)
The University of Minnesota's Center for Distributed Robotics has come up with a lovably awkward amphibious robot that can be used to monitor fish populations, even in ice-covered waters. The Aquabot is equipped with
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Light Switch-as-a-Planter Concept Brings Nature Indoors
Andrew Harmon, a student at Northern Michigan University, came up with an intriguing design. Titled "Growth Plate," the idea is to blend the natural world into technologies which don't typically feel all that natural,
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Lantern Concept Grows Sapling Trees While You Hike
Designer Franklin Gaw has come up with an interesting concept that brings new life, quite literally, to camping lanterns. It can help you replant the woods you enjoy walking through while also lighting your way.
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"Fukushima Plate" Tells You If Your Sushi Is Radioactive
After the problems at Fukushima, concerns about radiation contaminating fish stocks jotted up. And reasonably so. Many people were and are worried about the levels of radiation in the food they're eating. Designer Nils
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Bee Venom Used To Detect Explosives and Pesticides
Scientists from MIT have discovered that by coating carbon nanotubes in bee venom, they can create ultra-sensitive detectors for explosives such as TNT, as well as at least two different types of pesticides. This means
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Ingenious B-Squares Let You Create Your Own Modular Electronic Devices (Video)
Jordan McRae, a designer from Seattle, has come up with a very clever idea for making electronic devices. He's created tiny squares that have different functions, which can be linked up to one another via magnetic corners to
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Mobile Phones To Use Noise From Your Conversations To Charge Low Batteries
Using sound waves to charge small devices like cell phones is not a brand new idea. We reported on researchers from Texas A&M; and University of Houston working on just such a concept back in 2008. However, there is
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A Line of Furniture You Build & Rebuild, However You Like
I move around a lot - between being home, at school, and now living abroad, I've lived in seven different apartments or rooms in the last five years. And I don't see myself settling down any time soon. That's why I'm
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PaperPhone Is Most Durable Smart Phone Ever, Made of Bendable E-Paper (Video)
The Queens University Human Media Lab has come up with a phone that not only provides a new way of interacting with your smart phone, but also what could be the most durable device yet. Using electronic paper, you simply bend
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Toyota Prius Hacked Into Energy-Generating Roller Coaster (Video)
Prius cars utilize regenerative breaking to harvest energy and recharge the battery... and that's true when they're used as roller coasters. A team of makers decided that they wanted to see what else a Prius could become, and so
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Futuristic Laptop Concept Features Solar Panel Cover, Charger
A couple years ago, embedding solar cells into gadgets was all the rage among electronics designers. While that trend has fizzled out a bit, encasing electronics in a solar panel might be picking up speed. The Lifebook Leaf
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Researchers Tap Virus to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency By 32%
Researchers are usually figuring out how to get rid of viruses, but in an interesting twist they have figured out how to harness viruses to boost the efficiency of solar cells. Scientists at MIT have figured out how
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Bike Lock Concept Makes Bike Impossible to Ride If Stolen
A bike lock concept by designer Jaryn Miller has caught our eye as a clever way to keep thieves at bay. If someone tries to steal this bike, they'll be in for an unpleasant surprise. The bike lock works a little bit like The
